University Of Maryland Study Proves Why Women Talk More Than Men

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WUSA9) -- For years women have been complaining that men aren't as well versed in the communication department as women. Apparently science may have something to do with this phenomenon.

In the study conducted by J. Michael Bowers, Margaret McCarthy, and their colleagues at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, levels of the FOXP2 protein were analyzed in the brains of four-day-old female and male rats before testing on humans to find communication differences between the sexes.

University of Maryland researcher, Margaret McCarthy, said in the published report that this study is one of the first of its kind.

"This study is one of the first to report a sex difference in the expression of a language-associated protein in humans or animals," McCarthy said. "The findings raise the possibility that sex differences in brain and behavior are more pervasive and established earlier than previously appreciated."

Through this study, University of Maryland researchers found that a heightened level of FOXP2 protein in the brain has a direct correlation with better communication skills thereby solidifying the fact that women are genetically predisposed to be better communicators than men.